area.md

Area Charts

Both line and radar charts support a fill option on the dataset object which can be used to create area between two datasets or a dataset and a boundary, i.e. the scale origin, start or end (see filling modes).

Note: this feature is implemented by the filler plugin.

Filling modes

Mode	Type	Values
Absolute dataset index 1	number	1, 2, 3, ...
Relative dataset index 1	string	'-1', '-2', '+1', ...
Boundary 2	string	'start', 'end', 'origin'
Disabled 3	boolean	false

¹ dataset filling modes have been introduced in version 2.6.0
² prior version 2.6.0, boundary values was 'zero', 'top', 'bottom' (deprecated)
³ for backward compatibility, fill: true (default) is equivalent to fill: 'origin'

Example

new Chart(ctx, {
    data: {
        datasets: [
            {fill: 'origin'},      // 0: fill to 'origin'
            {fill: '+2'},          // 1: fill to dataset 3
            {fill: 1},             // 2: fill to dataset 1
            {fill: false},         // 3: no fill
            {fill: '-2'}           // 4: fill to dataset 2
        ]
    }
});

Configuration

Option	Type	Default	Description
plugins.filler.propagate	boolean	true	Fill propagation when target is hidden.

propagate

propagate takes a boolean value (default: true).

If true, the fill area will be recursively extended to the visible target defined by the fill value of hidden dataset targets:

Example

new Chart(ctx, {
    data: {
        datasets: [
            {fill: 'origin'},   // 0: fill to 'origin'
            {fill: '-1'},       // 1: fill to dataset 0
            {fill: 1},          // 2: fill to dataset 1
            {fill: false},      // 3: no fill
            {fill: '-2'}        // 4: fill to dataset 2
        ]
    },
    options: {
        plugins: {
            filler: {
                propagate: true
            }
        }
    }
});

propagate: true:

• if dataset 2 is hidden, dataset 4 will fill to dataset 1
• if dataset 2 and 1 are hidden, dataset 4 will fill to 'origin'

propagate: false:

• if dataset 2 and/or 4 are hidden, dataset 4 will not be filled